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The Jaded Lady Absinthe Cocktail
The Jaded Lady is one sophisticated cocktail. By carefully layering Sauvignon Blanc, absinthe, vodka and bitters, each sip has a delicate, yet complex flavor. Absinthe, an anise and wormwood spirit, has a sweet black licorice flavor and distinct green color. The parsley lemon simple syrup — a delicious addition to your bar cart which can also shine on its own as a flavor addition to sparkling water — lends just the right amount of sweetness. Try this drink at your next party and take your guests back to 19th-century France, with a modern twist.
RECIPE: The Jaded Lady Cocktail
Yields 1 cocktail
- 1 ounce absinthe
- 1/2 ounce vodka
- 1/2 ounce Sauvignon Blanc
- 1 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 ounce lemon-parsley infused simple syrup (see ingredients below)
- 3 drops aromatic bitters
- For garnishing: 1 lemon, a few sprigs of fresh mint leaves
For simple syrup:
- 1/2 bunch parsley, chopped
- 1 cup water
- 2 1/4 cups raw cane sugar
- Zest and juice of 3 lemons
- With a microplane grater or citrus zester, zest three lemons and juice them into a measuring cup. Set aside and discard the rinds.
- In a saucepan over medium heat, dissolve sugar in the water, and add parsley, lemon juice and zest. Stir and cook until it begins to bubble. Remove from heat and allow to come to room temperature. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
- To mix the cocktail: Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker with 3/4 cup ice. Stir to mix and allow to rest for about 30 seconds, then pour into a glass.
- For garnishing: Use a zester with a channel knife to cut a curl of lemon peel. Gently twist the peel over the drink to release the citrus oil and float on top of the drink with a few mint leaves.
Recipe adapted from Nick Tether's 2011 award-winning absinthe cocktail.


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Population structure of rice (Oryza sativa) landraces from high altitude area of Indian Himalayas
Version of Record online: 17 NOV 2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2011.00516.x
© 2011 NBPGR (ICAR), New Delhi. Annals of Applied Biology © 2011 Association of Applied Biologists
Annals of Applied Biology
Volume 160, Issue 1, pages 16–24, January 2012
Additional Information
How to Cite
Pandey, A., Bisht, I.S. and Bhat, K.V. (2012), Population structure of rice (Oryza sativa) landraces from high altitude area of Indian Himalayas. Annals of Applied Biology, 160: 16–24. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2011.00516.x
Publication History
- Issue online: 27 DEC 2011
- Version of Record online: 17 NOV 2011
- Manuscript Revised: 19 SEP 2011
- Manuscript Accepted: 19 SEP 2011
- Manuscript Received: 22 SEP 2010
Funded by
- Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
- Indian Himalayas;
- landrace;
- Oryza sativaL;
- population structure;
- rice
This study examined the genetic diversity in 20 rice landrace populations from parts of traditional farming areas of the Indian Himalayas using 11 mapped simple sequence repeats (SSR) loci. Twenty-four individuals sampled from each of the 20 landraces (480 individuals), which were collected from farmers from Northwest to Northeast Himalaya, showed that all landraces showed within population variation and none were homogeneous. The number of polymorphic loci in a landrace population ranged from 5 to 11. A total of 71 alleles were recorded of which 58 were common and 13 were rare. Of the 71 alleles, 46 were common to both Northwest and Northeast regions, whereas 9 were unique to the former and 16 were unique to the latter. The mean number of alleles per locus was 6.45 and for landrace populations from Northwest and Northeast regions were 5.0 and 5.64, respectively. Population differentiation, as shown by a high FST value (0.61), was greater for Northeast populations. The unweighted pair group method with arithmetic mean (UPGMA) dendrogram classified the populations into three major clusters: cluster I comprised seven populations from the Northwest region, cluster II comprised seven populations from the Northeast region and cluster III comprised populations from both regions. Investigating the population genetic structure can help monitor change in diversity over time and space, and also help devise a rational plan for management of crop landraces on-farm under farmer management.


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When asked which skills might have helped them solve the Cryptogram Challenge, Jodi told GEN that she has long been addicted to crossword puzzles. "I've always been interested in contests and puzzles that involve pattern recognition," she said.
"Mathematics is about problem-solving and trying to find hidden patterns behind information," added Peter. "This [the Cryptogram Challenge] is the kind of thing that I like to do."
In recounting how they went about tackling the cryptogram, Jodi said Clue 1, which referred to the Bio-Rad website, and Clue 2 ("Cell transparencies were important") got the ball rolling. They next printed out copies of 8 by 12 grids to be able "to scribble around."
They then focused on Clue 8, which led to a website that displayed a map of Paris. "When you look at that page, it seemed most reasonable that it was the map itself that was the information. It showed the suburbs and neighborhoods of Paris mapped out in numerical order, which forms a spiral from the center out. So we took that to mean that this puzzle was also going to be spiraling out from the center," explained Jodi.
Using that insight, Jodi and Peter went back to the cryptogram grid. "In the center, there were four squares that could equally be claimed to be the middle of the puzzle. Then we looked at the cell transparencies.
"While adding them up by hand, a pattern emerged that three of the four cells would total 96," noted Jodi. "That happened over and over in a heavy concentration in the center of the puzzle. But it never occurred in the cells around the edge."
The Bubeniks then decided that number 96 was important as it suggested where the actual letters of the puzzle might be found. "In hindsight, we were able to use Image A to tell us that," continued Jodi.
They then referred to the contest rules: five words are in the answer and there is only one space between words, starting at the end and spiraling toward the middle. They next figured out how long each of the words was and the location of the starting point.
"There was one word that was 10 letters long," said Jodi. Since 10 letters isn't that common, we were able to use Clue 1 to go back to the Bio-Rad web page and scan for 10-letter words. The word "expression" jumped right out at us. So we plugged that in and tried to see if it would work.
"Then, since there are some duplicate letters in the word 'expression' we tried to determine if those cells matched. That's when Peter was able to see that the same three or four cells that were important to determine the number 96 were also the pattern for the rest of the letters. That allowed us to just write them out and solve the rest of the phrase."
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High School: A three-time all-state selection, earning honorable mention honors her sophomore, junior and senior seasons ... a three-year letterwinner under coach Daveid Cook, acting as team captain as a senior ...earned academic all-state honors as a senior ... team won the state championship her junior season ... a four-year high honor roll member.
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Consumer-Directed Health Plans:
Early Enrollee Experiences with Health Savings Accounts and Eligible Health Plans
GAO-06-798: Published: Aug 9, 2006. Publicly Released: Sep 8, 2006.
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Health savings accounts (HSA) and the high-deductible health insurance plans that are eligible to be coupled with them are a new type of consumer-directed health plan attracting interest among employers and consumers. Employers and plan enrollees may contribute to tax-advantaged HSAs, and enrollees can use the accounts to pay for health care expenses. Because HSAs and HSA-eligible plans are new, there is interest in the experiences of plan enrollees, as well as in comparing the plan features and enrollee characteristics with those of traditional plans, such as preferred provider organization (PPO) plans. GAO reviewed (1) the financial features of HSA-eligible plans in comparison with those of traditional plans, (2) the characteristics of HSA-eligible plan enrollees in comparison with those of traditional plan enrollees, (3) HSA funding and use, and (4) enrollees' experiences with HSA-eligible plans. GAO analyzed data regarding HSA-eligible and traditional plans and enrollees from national employer health benefits surveys, three selected employers, and a national broker of health insurance. GAO compared Internal Revenue Service (IRS) data for tax filers reporting HSA contributions with corresponding data for all tax filers under 65 years old. GAO also conducted focus groups with employees of the three employers.
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Two teenage girls in small-town Sweden. Elin is beautiful, popular, and bored with life. Agnes is friendless, sad, and secretly in love with Elin.
I can't rave enough about this film. The realism of teenagers, especially those coming to grasps with their own sexuality, with all of their angst, was captured perfectly. I wish the film wasn't as pushed into a corner as it is compared to the rest of the more popular coming-of-age films, because it really does manifest teenage confusion.
This movie reminded me of my early teens so much. Specially the clothing and the haircuts. I even knew a girl who looked like Agnes who may have been my first girl crush. Who knows? Johan also reminds me of my first proper boyfriend, really looks like him! Really great film. One of my new favourite films I think.
A beautiful beautiful movie.
Although this film has a simple story, it can't be denied that this is easy to be anyone's favorite. Very entertaining and refreshing. And I love that out of the bathroom scene accompanied by Broder Daniel's Underground. It's fucking memorable.
Left me feeling warm and fuzzy, a rarity. What is there not to love here??
Still Moodysson's best film to date just, Together and We are the Best run it close though, the performances from the two leads are amazing as are all the cast, The script is touching but funny. The ending still leaves you with a smile like Moodysson's best films you are left a little sad that they ended. Shame this hasn't got a proper DVD release as it's a sadly neglected masterpiece.
Still Moodysson best film in my eyes although TOGETHER runs it close. Great performances From the leads and wonderful script from moodysson. I agree that its the best coming of age story i've seen and sadly rather overlooked next to Together and Liilja 4 ever. I wish Moodysson would go back to writing and making films like his first two films.


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Skip to comments.Airliner engine ingests object on ground at LAX
Posted on 05/11/2009 6:18:20 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
LOS ANGELES Aviation authorities say a baggage cart was drawn into an engine of a Boeing 747 as it was leaving a terminal gate at Los Angeles International Airport.
.. a baggage cart was being towed by at the same time and the engine ingested one of the containers.
The object was lodged in the outer left-side engine of the four-engine jet.
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...or a baggage handler.
"Uh...it was that way when we landed it. Honest. Don't know what happened..."
For once, it wasn't my luggage.
A video would be even better! Quite an expensive oops.
"No sir, you luggage was not lost."
Odd FOD!
They had a situation in Tampa a couple years ago, a flight was loaded up and had backed out enroute to Detroit. As they were starting the jet engines, one of the wing engines had a flameout. All of a sudden several exits were opened and people were sliding down to the tarmac.
If it was a BA plane, they could just pry it out, and continue with the scheduled flight.
If it was a BA plane, they could just pry it out, and continue with the scheduled flight.
Glitch with the program, not me. I don't click fast enough to do a double click in 2 seconds.
Another day in Paradise!
Maybe next time he'll tip a little better.
Hope it wasn't the container with Muffy, Fido, and Socks in their pet flight containers.
That is a TriStar, not a 747.
Only because he had a flashlight that FOD'ed the engine so the pilot shutdown. Otherwise, he would have been the FOD.
Gee, thanks for pointing that out ... the idea was a baggage cart ingested into and engine, not a particular plane as a 747 ... if you can find one of a 747 with a baggage cart stuck in an engine then post it ... K?
I have it on good authority that those Tristars can suck a 200 pound 12 ft aluminum work stand from the wingtip and process it through the #3 engine during a 100& power runup.
I wasn't there, but understood the engine was still making some power after the "racket" and had to be shut down, it didn't flame out.
On teardown, there were only stubs left in the turbine section.
A Japan Airlines plane sits on the tarmac at Los Angeles International airport after one of the jet engines sucked up a cargo container. JAL Flight 61 had been leaving the gate at around 1:30pm (2030 GMT) when the unidentified object blocked one of the engines, according to Los Angeles World Airports, the agency which operates the airport. (AFP/Calvin Nguyen)
That sucks.
I saw this clip pretty recently and I think i recall it being said that it was his helmet that cause the engine to seize up...it was sucked off of his head just before his entered.I suppose I could have misunderstood.
Lousy "editing" of my post...but I'm sure you know what I mean! ;-)
Need More FOD
WHY would they use THAT word, "ingest"? What a DUMB word. Engines don't "eat" things, they 'suck in' things.
Give Captain Obvious a cookie.
I saw some video's from Boeing where they pulled this truck behind a powered up 747 and it blew the truck across the ramp ... so those engines can sure suck and blow .....
The engine looks a little stuffed. Maybe after the Pepto Bismol, it'll 'need more FOD'.
At first glance, I thought the article was:
** Airliner engine ingests object on ground at EXLAX **
Yup,that's the clip I saw.Being an old Army clerk-typist I don't know much about Navy aircraft. ;-)
Army - that explains a lot.
To this AF guy, except for the F-18, they are all FLNPs.
Oh, and to the person who thought it strange to use the word "ingest" when talking about FOD (Foreign Object Damage/ debris), that has been the traditional word used, although I agree "suck" is pretty clearly accurate.
** FLNP == Funny Looking Navy Plane
That's good.Sometimes these service rivalries can be funny.
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